United Methodist House at Chautauqua, a year-round retreat and renewal center

 

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  United Methodist House
  Box 115
  Chautauqua, New York 14722
  summer: 716-357-2055
  year-round: 716-357-4045
  hurlbut@ netsync.net

Photo gallery

[View from Pratt Avenue]

The porch and front portion of the house date from 1888.

[Conversation by the water cooler]

The porch with its wicker furniture is at the very centre of Chautauqua life.

[Looking past congregation to front of chapel]

Everyone is welcome at the chapel service each Sunday morning during the summer season.

[Singing from music stand]

Juanita Jackson sings at a Sunday chapel service; Janet Fitts is at the organ.

[UM banner visible on the side wall]

Fellowship begins in the chapel after the Sunday 9:30 a.m. service . . .

[Crowded, some sitting, some standing]

. . . and continues afterwards on the porch.

[Smiling couple]

Rev. Bob Richards, president of UM House, poses with his wife, Nancy.

[Trio sitting on the porch sofa]

Lois Minnagh, right, has been a supporter of the House for decades and formerly served on the board.

[Familiar faces by the front door]

Old friends meet every summer on the porch . . . and newcomers quickly become old friends.

[Four people around a card table]

If there's ever a pause in the Chautauqua program, the porch is a good place for games.

[Posing around the punch bowl]

Groups from UM churches in New York and Pennsylvania host the Tuesday social hours.

[Fists pumping, energetic delivery]

Rev. Paul Womack of Chautauqua's Hurlbut Memorial Community Church speaks in the House's chapel.

[Bright inside, dark through the windows]

In cool or wet weather the parlor is the place for conversation.

[Big smiles]

Hazel and Jack Getman, long-time supporters of the House, celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary.

[In the background, Maranatha House across the street]

Karen Douds, the UM House hostess (center), welcomes friends to the porch.

[US and Christian flags visible at the entrance]

Anyone walking from Bestor Plaza at the center of Chautauqua will see the House from this angle.

More photos of life at United Methodist House are welcome, especially pictures from the “retreat season” between September and June. Additional information about these pictures and names of the people shown would also be happily received. Please e-mail credmond@uwaterloo.ca.